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The Menu is a 2022 American black comedy horror film directed by Mark Mylod, written by Seth Reiss and Will Tracy, and produced by Adam McKay, Betsy Koch and Will Ferrell. The film features an ensemble cast that includes Ralph Fiennes, Anya Taylor-Joy, Nicholas Hoult, Hong Chau, Janet McTeer, Reed Birney, Judith Light, and John Leguizamo. The film focuses on a group of diners at an exclusive restaurant who discover the celebrity chef owner intends to kill them all before the night is out.

The Menu had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 10, 2022, and was released in the United States on November 18, 2022, by Searchlight Pictures. The film received largely positive reviews from critics, who praised the screenplay, direction, production design, and cast performances.

Tyler and his companion Margot Mills travel by boat to Hawthorne, an exclusive restaurant owned and operated by celebrity chef Julian Slowik, located on a private island. The other guests attending the dinner are Lilian, a food critic; her editor Ted; wealthy couple Richard and Anne; George, a post-prime movie star and his personal assistant Felicity; and business partners Soren, Dave, and Bryce. The group are given a tour of the island by the restaurant maitre d'hôtel, Elsa, who notes that Margot was not Tyler's designated guest for the evening.

Dinner begins, with the courses and Slowik's accompanying monologues becoming more disquieting and violent. On Slowik's orders, one staff member kills himself and another cuts off Richard's finger. The restaurant's main investor is drowned in front of the guests. Later, per one of the courses designs, the male guests are allowed to attempt escape but are caught and returned by the staff. Slowik declares all the guests were selected because they either contributed to him losing his passion for his craft or because they make a living off exploiting the work of artisans like him. He announces that the night will end with everyone on the island dead. Since Margot's presence was unplanned, Slowik gives her the choice of dying with either the staff or the guests.

Julian Slowik has not been a contender in any CBUB matches.